Ask HN: Since when is everything a scam? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Since when is everything a scam?

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Post by nailer » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 1:46 PM UTC

andrelaszlo wrote: post #62

nailer wrote: post #50

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The left champions not working, rather than social care. In the UK it’s common to hear ‘I’m on benefits’ as an excuse in itself, rather than ‘I am disabled’ or ‘I am elderly’ or some other legitimate reason for receiving money.

I wonder what you hear then. To me it sounds like "I'm out of options". It makes me think of this aid program that gave people in really poor countries money instead of food. With money they could of course buy food, but also save to improve their life in general, for example by improving their housing, buying a goat, sending their children to school, etc. Previously, they were just dependent on the food, medicines,…

My expectation is that healthy adults should work.

Re: Ask HN: Since when is everything a scam?

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Post by ergonaught » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 9:31 PM UTC

shapefrog wrote: post #109

ergonaught wrote: post #104

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I mean, it isn't a "scam", but I for one would love to never again have someone invite me out to lunch like they want to hang out as friends, only to discover they're just trying to get me to buy something. Extremely rare occurrence before the last 10 years of influencer hustle culture. Now, not so much.

> Extremely rare occurrence before the last 10 years of influencer hustle culture. Now, not so much. You must not have been arount > 10 years ago ... see Amway, tupperware, etc. https://www.history.com/news/tupperware-parties-brownie-wise Such an old story it is in the "history" section.

I've been around over 5 decades, sooooo.

"Scams have been around forever" does not really address (nor refute) "Scams have become more far more prevalent".

Re: Ask HN: Since when is everything a scam?

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Post by shapefrog » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 10:17 PM UTC

ergonaught wrote: post #112

shapefrog wrote: post #109

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> Extremely rare occurrence before the last 10 years of influencer hustle culture. Now, not so much. You must not have been arount > 10 years ago ... see Amway, tupperware, etc. https://www.history.com/news/tupperware-parties-brownie-wise Such an old story it is in the "history" section.

I've been around over 5 decades, sooooo. "Scams have been around forever" does not really address (nor refute) "Scams have become more far more prevalent".

> I've been around over 5 decades

Not invited to an Amway party back in the day??

But now in your 5th decade being invited to tiktok teen multi level marketing crypto supplement parites?

Respect to you for living your best life in your 50/60s

Re: Ask HN: Since when is everything a scam?

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Post by coffeeblack » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:06 PM UTC

timbit42 wrote: post #105

coffeeblack wrote: post #51

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I don’t. Instead I use a /etc/hosts file. Much better imo, because I don’t have some external script that has access to the content and input of all my web pages.

Best to use both. uBlock Origin does more than block IPs. For YouTube, I also highly recommend SponsorBlock.

I prefer not to use any browser plugins that can read or manipulate all websites that I visit.

Individual plugins may be trustworthy, but they may be breached too.